Pain in the English

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web site or Web site

Wednesday, February 16th, 2005 by Lisa Holmer

Hi,
I’m editing a brochure and know Internet is in caps, but is Web for Web site? and is Website one or two words? I’ve seen it both ways.

The brochure is speaking about a specific government website, but says “the county web site”.

Thanks,
Freezing on the Hill

Two Sentences

Tuesday, August 24th, 2004 by jeudi

1)”They were all trying to figure out which theoretical trend would be fashionable by the time they would attend postgraduate school, and scheming career plans.”

Is the tenses coordination ok? and the words appropriate?

2) “Most sold out in time and made a career of denouncing what they had worshipped.”

Does “sold out” sound very weird? Is there a better idiom to describe with contempt the way leftists-turned-capitalist-champions betrayed the ideals of their youth?

And, am I intruding here?

Multi-disciplinary

Thursday, November 21st, 2002 by dyske

When fine artists say their work is “multi-disciplinary”, what would a discipline mean in this context?